Absent collateral function of the circle of Willis as risk factor for ischemic stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Hoksbergen, A W J ^a,b,c   Legemate, D A ^b   Csiba, L ^a   Csati G ^a   Siro P ^a   Fulesdi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Gelre Zlekenhuizen ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Circle of Willis; Collateral circulation; Transcranial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0041743071     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071115     Document Type: Article

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